• Crit Pathw Cardiol · Jun 2011

    Integrating voices of survivors into the system of care post-cardiac arrest.

    • Eyal Herzog, Emad F Aziz, and Janet M Shapiro.
    • Divisions of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York 10025, USA. eherzog@chpnet
    • Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2011 Jun 1;10(2):113-4.

    AbstractThe management of patients after cardiac arrest is a prominent example of complexity on many levels of decisions. We designed a pathway for the management of survivors of cardiac arrest, guiding such decisions as cardiac catheterization, induction of therapeutic hypothermia, placement of defibrillator, and ethical decision making for life support. Our pathway outlines the comprehensive management of patients from the field through the emergency room, the cardiac catheterization laboratory, the cardiac care unit, step down unit, and the rehabilitation center. Involving patients and their families is a novel addition to a clinical pathway. We used the power of survivors' stories to inspire and educate clinicians in the utility of our multidisciplinary pathway approach. This approach may serve as a model for patient-centered care in medicine.

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